Motor-vehicle.



X71 LINK. Mo'mR VEHICLE, APPLICATION FILED 13130.?. 190C 1,083,330.,Patented Jan. 6, 191@ 2 SHEETS-SHEET Q.

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VINCENT LINK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO:PACKARD MGTOB CAR COMPANY, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION 0FMICHIGAN.

MOTORf-VEHICLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINonNT'LiNK, a citizen oi the United States, andresident of' Detroit, in the county of iVayne and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor-Vehicles, ofwhich the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to motor vehicles and particularly to means forsupporting the radiator from the vehicle frame. its objects are toprovide simple and efficient means for iiexibly supporting the radiatorso as to relieve it from shocks and jars to which the frame may besubjected, and to make such supporting means in such form as to have anattractive appearance and of such construction that the radiator may beeasily and quickly adjusted and secured to the supporting means, orremoved therefrom.

A further object is to make the supporting means of such simpleconstruction .that it can be easily and cheaply made and applied tomotor vehicles.

The novel features of the invention will be apparent from the followingdescription, taken in connect-ion with the accompanying drawings.

In thedrawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a radiator, and theparts of a motor vehicle from which it is supported; F ig. 2

is a side elevation of the forward part ot amotor truck with theradiator suspended in accordance with this invention; Fig. 3 is a viewpartly in sect-ion on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; F ig. 4 is a plan View ofa portion of the end of the radiator and its support.; Fig;

' 5 ,is an elevation of the supporting bracket looking in a directionopposite to that of Fig. 2.

ln these drawings, 1 designates the side bars of the frame of the motorvehicle, which are 'made in the form of channel bars. of these channelbars has a portion of its upper fiange cut away, as shown at 2 in Fig.4, for a purpose hereafter described. The front cross bar 3 in the formof an i. section. is secured to the side bars of the frame. Secured tothe front part of the frame bythe steel strap 4 is a bumper 5 as shownpartly broken away in ig. The radiator and casing 6 have a tank 7immediately below them, and a bracket 8 is secured to the sides of theradiator and tank and supports them.

This bracket has a. plate portion 9 which ex.- tends along the sides ofthe radiator and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled December 7, 1908.

Each

Patented Jan. (i, 1914i.

Serial No. 466.398.

tank, having its lower end 1() bent under the end of the tank 7, asclearly shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose of firmly supporting the tankand radiator. This bracket also has a vertically extending rib 11 whichtapers toward its ends and has a horizontal ledge or iiange 12 extendinglongitudinally 'of the radiator. This ange has vertical longitudinallyseparated openings 13 through which bolts 14 pass for the purposehereafter indicated. A supporting bracket 1G is detachably secured tothe web of the side bars 1 by bolts 15, and this bracket has a webportion 17 fitting against the web portion of the side bars. It also hastop and bottoni horizontal flanges 18 and 1S), the upper Bange 18 beingof such size as to fill the cut-away portion 2 vof the upper {iange ofthe *side bars, as'will be seen clearly in Fig. 4. These flanges 18 and19 are each provided with two longitudinally separated openings Q0, theopenings in one flange being in line with those in the other, andtheopenings in the flange 19 beingprovided with screw threads to receivethe threaded end of the bolts 14. The bolts vla pass through theopenings' Q0 in the two flanges just described, and also pass throughopenings 13 in the flange 1'2. Between the flange 12 and the flanges 18and 19., and surrounding the bolts 14, are coiled springs .21 ofsuflicient strength to yieldingly support the radiator, as will beclearly seen by reference to Fig. 3. It will be understood that otheryielding supporting means may be used in place of these springs. Theupper fiange 18 has a notch 22 to receive the rib 11 on the bracket 8.

It will be observed that the applicants supporting means will yieldiuglysupport the radiator, whereby twisting strains due to movements of theframe will not be transmitted directly to the radiator, but will betaken up by the yielding'connectlion, and therefore the radiatorwill berelieved trom shocks and jars which would tend to break the solderedjoints with which its parts are connected. lt will be further observedthat the supporting means is of very simple con-v struction, which canbe easiiy and cheaply made and applied. and that when placed inposit-ion, most of its parts are concealed'by the side channel bars andconsequently do not detract in any way from the appearance yof themachine. By supporting the radiator at two iongitudinally separatedpointsJ on 11) each sideit will be understood that the radiis claimedis:

1. In a motor vehicle, the combination with the frame having sidechannel bars, of a radiator, a bracket secured to the inner side of saidchannel bar, a portion of the fiange of the channel bar bein vcut awayto receive the bracket,l an inwar ly projecting y' ange at the top ofsaid bracket, an inwardly projecting fia-nge below the top of saidbracket, and connections between said Hanges on the bracket forsupporting the radiator. f

2. In a motor vehicle, the combination with the frame having side bars,of a radiator, brackets secured to the sidesof the radi- .ator havinglongitudinal flanges provided with separated perforations, bracketssecured to the side bars provided with two spaced longitudinal'iangeseach having two holes therethrough in line, bolts passing through saidperforations and holes, and springs surrounding said bolts between saidflanges for fiexibly supporting the radiator at four points.

3. In a motor vehicle, the combination with the framehaving sidebars, ofa radiator, a bracket secured totherside of the radiator, a bracketsecured-to the side bar, one of said brackets being provided with spacedanges, and the other bracket being provided with a flange locatedbetween said spaced `flanges, and springs between said ange and each ofsaid spaced anges for fiexibly connecting said brackets and forsupporting the radiator.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VINCENT LiNK. o VVitnesSeS:

DON T. HASTINGS,

HOWARD HARnNnss.

